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SYLVESTER ANTONY SCHAEFER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1944 – June 22, 1966
Service recordSylvester Antony Schaefer, of Richmond, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Richmond, Minnesota (Stearns County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 77
- GARY HENDERSON ROGERSLance Corporal · June 22, 1966
- RUDOLPH CARL SELENKA JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- WARREN PARKER SMITH JRLieutenant Colonel · June 22, 1966
- BILLY EDWARD STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.